Cook stove or range.



G. M. GENTHNER. 000K STOVE OR RANGE. APPLIGATIOKFILED JULY.25,1Q10.

1,039,5 1 1. Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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APPLIQAIIM: FILED JULY 25, 1910.

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CHARLES M; GENTHNER PEORIA, ILLINOIS, AS$IGN0R 'IO CULTER & PROCTOR STOVE 00., OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COOK STOVE OR RANGE.

original application filed May 28. 1910, Serial No. 563,955. Divided and this application filed July 25, I

Specification of Letters Patent.

1910. Serial No. 573,823.

stoves or ranges, having for its principal object afirc-pot arranged centrally with respect to the ends of the stove, on one side of which 'is arranged a reservoir and what is commonly called a fireless cooker, and on the opposite side a compartment or broiling chamber and a receptacle receiving compartment, and an oven located immediately above or in proximity to the tire-pot ,a batt1e-plate being located between the top of the fire-potand bottom of the oven to protect the oven bottom.

This invention has for-a further object a cooking stove or range provided with a fire-- pot for burning suitable'fuel and anoven located above and within a short distance of the firepot, the bottom of the oven being protected by a bafiie-plate disposed at a suitable distance below the oven bottom; in combination with gas fittings and burners, whereby gas may be used instead of other fuel as a heating medium; the gas burner for the oven being preferably disposed in the space between the bottom of the oven and the battle-plate, which arrangement also protects the gas burners from becoming clogged when fuel is used in the fire-pot.

WVith the above and many other objects in view the invention consists inproviding a cook stove or range with an elevated oven, which is to say that the oven is Placed on what would ordinaril be the top of the stove and locating the e-pot just below the same. This arrangement makes it ossible to provide end top plates on opposite sides of the oven and provide the body of the range proper with compartments which may have varying uses. The bottom of the oven is spaced above the fire-pot and separated by a bafiie-plate and between the baffle-plate and oven bottom is an air circulating space connecting with similar air circulating spaces on the sides and top of thefov'en. which also connect with a fine at thef-i'ea r of the range. The products of combustion from the fire-pot are deflected to and beneath bodiment of the invention is shown in the.

accompanying drawings, in which Figure-1 1s a front elevation of a range or stove embodying myimprovements; Fig. 2 1s a vertical long1tudinal section through the range, the extreme upper portlon shown in elevation; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection on the line4t of Fig. -1.

This application is a division of the application filed by me onMay 28th 1910,

bearing Serial No. 568,955.-

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.

1 designates the casing of the main body portion of my improved stove orrange, which is preferably constructed of steel plate and rectangular in form. The top 2 is preferably spaced a suitable distance from i the top of the fire-pot and compartments on either side thereof, forming a chamber 3 for the travel'of the products of combustion.

from the fire-pot. The top is provided with an enlarged centrally disposed rectangular opening 4 and with the oppositely disposed removable f end top plates 5 and associated removable lids 6.

The fire-pot 7 is located centrally of the range, with respect to its end walls, as seen in Fig. '2, beneath which are the usual grate bars 8 and'below the grate bars the ash box 9 and removable ash pan 10. On-one side of the fire-pot and ash box, preferably the :2; are provided a reservoir 11 and a'- lower compartment 12 be used as, a tireless cooker, although the cooker proper is.

separate from the compartment and may be of any welllrnowh-or approved construction The reser'vo1r containsv a receptacle 13' for ,holding water, and a faucet 14: is suitably connected with said receptacle. Both the reservoir 11 and the compartment 12 are pro vvided with lunged doors 15; and 16, see Fig;

1. At the other end of the range and on the opposite side of the firerptit and ash box are arranged compart-nients'lS and 19, similar to the reservoir 11 and compartment'lfZ.

The compartment 18 is adapted to be used as a. heating chamber, being provided with cleats 20 secured to. theoppOsit/ewalIS of said chamber to receive and hold suitable shelving or plates; however,'. it is intended to use this chamberasna broiler, the appliances to go in thecornpartinent being'herematter more fully described in detail.

The compartment 19 is preferably used merely as a receptacle to hold pots or pans or a coal-he'd, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The compartments 18 and 19 each have hinged doors 2O and,21 similar to doors 1'5 and 16, and 22 is a hinged door for the ash bolt 9.

The front wall of incides with the fire-pot the front wall of the wall 24, see- Fig. 3, and the upper end of the semi-funnel. or flared of the range 15 covered by the hinged cover ferred to,

or cap 25, which is preferably hinged so as to be raised and lowered whereby the fuel may he admitted to the fire-pot in an easy and convenient manner.

Located on the top of the stoveor range and coveringthe rectangular'opening 4, re-

is the oven SBG'EIOH 26. This sec tion comprises frontand rear walls 27 and 28, side or end walls 29 and the top'30' supporting a warming oven 31 provided with a pivoted or hinged gate 32. The bottom wall of the oven section I shall refer to baffle-plate 33 which is dished,its convex wall projecting in the direction of the fire-pot,and having its greatest depth centrally of and above the top of the firepot and chamber The function of this ballie plate is to separate and cause the products of cornbustion to be directed. toward. the opposite ends of the range and circulated beneath end top plates, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2; also to protect the oven bottom,,.as will become apparent. The oven proper is designated as 34 formed by the top-and bottom walls and 3G and the side walls 37, within the oven casing, see Fig. 2, so spaced.

and arranged with respectto the top and the range where it co has the flared-or semi-funnel shaped .port1on'23 and likewise fire-pot has a similar portion 23 ofthe front as the within the opened is lowered.

side walls 50f the oven casing anditsbafilG plate ast'o provide an air-circulating chain her 38 entirely around the-oven and connect: mg with air inletopenings 39311 the front wall 27 of the oven casing just above the top of the range proper,-and also air inlet open in'gs e0 in there-er wall 28 of the oven casing.

Said chamberQ-SS further opens into or connect's with ani'opening 41 in the rear wall 28 of theoven casing just beneath the top 30 in which a nipple 4-2 is secured, see Fig. 3, which leads into the upright flue or pipe 43. This. pipe or line 43 receives the prod nets of combustion from the tirepot 'Z- and the chamber 3, cohnecting as does with a nipple or elbow l4: attached to the rear wall of the range proper, just below its top and connecting with the chamber 3. It will be observed that by placing the bottom 36 of the oven proper above thebafiieplate 33 that it is protected and also leaves sufficient;-

space for the location'of gas burners to be used in lieu of the fuel in the fire 0t. The

'baiile-platealso protects the burners from loeconoin -q clogged and keepsthem free from, contact with the products of combustion."

Air entering theopenings 39' and 40in the front and rear walls of the oven casing,

beneath the oven proper has a freeci'rcula tron around the oven'and' un formly heats the oven.- The gas burners for the oven, willbe further described.

To further insure a uniform distribution of the products of combustion from the firepot 7 beneath the end tops '5, I provide a fine 'strip- 45, having a sinuous formation, preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 4.

This flue strip is located'in the chamber 3,.

its main portion following the upperportion the rearwall-of the tire-pct 7 and having. ;i ts ends bent forwardly and toward the sides of the range terminatingapproirimatelycenend top plates 5,;see

bran? neath the Fig. 4. It will thusbe observed that th products of combustion rising out-of the fire pot will be deflected laterally in opposite di-- by the battle-plate 33 and lwill travel rections tothe oppositeends of the flue strip beneath the front portiorni of the around the flue strip 45 and beneath the r r portions of the endtops, to and. out of t e flue or pipe l3. If the circulation be too free it may be checked by a damper-placed.

in the flue or pipe 43, not shown. Such a damper is old and well known and .it has not been thought necessary to show the same.

The oven casing has an oven'door 34c connecting'with the oven proper34J This door is preferably hinged at its lower, opposite so that the door upon being sides, as at 349 With the front of "the oven casing brought close to thefront edge of the range, the lowering of the doorabove the opening or covering for the firepot pr0- tctsthe-person using the oven from the heat rising or radiating from the firepot-.

Referring now to the gas attachments referred to, 48 denotes gas burners suitably arranged in the chamber 38 of the oven casing beneath the bottom of the oven proper and above the bathe-plate 33'; the chamber 39 makingit possible to usethe same not only as an air circulating chamberwhen fuel is usedin the fire-pot, but also for heat producing instrumentalities, such as gas or other means. As previously staed, this loca-' tion and arrangement of the gas burners will not interfere with the use of fuel t-he firepot 7, when it is desired to use fuel and not gas, and being separated from the products of combustion, there is no danger of 010g.

ging the burners 48 or interferi igwith the same. The burners 4-8 have V; lve connections with a manifoldpipe 4t and. said manifold ,is-connected with a simply pipe 50. Y

Suitably supported in the compartment 18 near the top thereof, seeFig. 2 are burners 51' which-have-a suitable valve connection with the manifold 49. The burners 51 in above one :of the 7 I prefer that the as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to connect the burners of the hot-plate with the supply, it is provided'that asuitable coupling 55, a

head it desirable, may be attached to the pipe andthe manifold 49.

With the foregoing arrangement of the stove or range with the gas burners and *vertible from a "hot-plate, I provide'a range easilycongas range to a fuel range and vice-versa.

What I claim is -1. In :1 stove, in combination, a fire-pot, an oven casing mounted on the top of the stove immediately above the fire-pot, the lower wall of said casing being dished and serving as a baffle-plate, the bottom of the oven proper being spaced above the battleplate forming an'interposed air circulating space, a flue-stripfor directing the products of combustion to the opposite ends of the stove, burners disposed within the oven casing above the battle-plate and below the bottom of the oven proper, and agas supply pipe connected with said burners.

2. In a stove, in combination, a

7 an ovencasing mounted on the top of the stove immediately above the fire-pot, the

firepot,

lower wall of said casing being dished and serving as a battle-plate. the bottom of the oven proper being spaced above the battleplate forming an interposed air circulating space, compartments disposed upon opposite sides of the said fire-pot, end top plates disposed in the top of the stove on opposite sides of the oveucasing and supporting removable lids, a flue strip having a sinuous shape and its opposite ends terminating beneath the respective end tops for causing the products ofcombustion from the fire-pot to circulate beneath said end tops, burners disposed within the oven casing above the battle-plate and below the bottom of the oven proper.

3. In a stove, in combination a fire-pot, an oven disposed above and in proximity to the fire-pot with the bottom of the oven spaced above the fire-pot, a bathe-plate interposed between the fire-pot and, the bottom of. the oven. and heating instrumentalities disposed between the bathe-plate and bottom of the oven whereby said oven may be heated bythe products of combustion from said fire-pot or by said heating instrumentalities. a

4. In a stove, in combination, a fire-pot disposed in the-center of said stove with respect to its end walls, an oven located directly on top of the stoveandabove the fire-pot, a bathe-plate between the tire-pot and bottom of the oven and spaced from said oven bottom so as to provide an interposed air circulating space, and heating in-- strumentalities arranged in the space between the oven bottom and saidbafiie-plate.

5; In a stove, in combination, a fire-pot and an oven located above the fire-pot, means between the oven bottom and firepot for protecting the oven bottom from the products of combustion arising from the fire-pot, gas burners interposed between the oven bottom and said protecting means, and a supply pipe haying a valved connection with said burners whereby said oven may be heated by the, products of combustion from said fire-pot or by said burners.

6. In a stove, in combinatioma base portion having a centrally disposed fire-pot and compartments upon opposite sides of said fire-pot, an oven disposedabove the fire-pot, a battle-plate between the oven bottom and fire-pot, gas burners arranged be-. low the oven bottom and above the battle-- plate, gas burners arranged in one of said compartments, and a gas supply pipe connec i with all of said burnerswhereby said" .01 -11 and said last mentioned compartment maybe heated by the products of combustion from said fire-pot or by said burners.

7. Ina. stove, 1n combination, a fire-pot,'.

an oven casing mounted above the fire-pot,

the bottom of said casing forming a battle .plate, the bottom of the oven proper being In testimony whereof I afiix my signaaced lialbove said baim plm form an 'ture, in presence of two witnemas( an circ ating'sp'aoe, a uestri or dn'ect' 4 v 4 thcprodccts of oombustiotfto "opposite R E GLNTHNER 5 on s of thestove, burners disposed 1 n said Witnesc'esz circulating space andv having a gas E.'N, KING, supply. ROBERT PLOWE. 

